Operating model
How does Oxi Fresh Carpet Cleaning operate after opening?
Direct answer
Under the 2026 FDD, an OXI FRESH Business takes cleaning demand through a centralized Scheduling Center, fulfills appointments at customer locations, and closes each job through required operating systems. The franchisee controls local people and day-to-day execution; Oxi Fresh Franchising Co., Inc. controls the Licensed Methods, approved inputs, marketing rules, territory structure, and core scheduling/reporting framework.
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Core format
One OXI FRESH Business per acquired Protected Territory.
≈110K
Households
Approximate population basis for a Protected Territory.
1 + 1
Pricing and calendar
One base price sheet and one calendar per territory.
3%
Minimum purchases
Of Gross Revenues, excluding Dryer Vent Cleaning Gross Revenues.
168
Manual pages
Operations Manual and Cleaning System Manual combined.
Sources: 2026 FDD Items 1, 6, 8, 11 and 12, pp. 1–3, 7–13, 17–20, 22–35 and 36–38; Attachment I.
What does the franchisee sell, and who buys it?
Every OXI FRESH Business must offer carpet, rug, and upholstery cleaning. Tile and grout cleaning and hardwood floor cleaning are permitted but not required. Dryer Vent Cleaning Services are optional only after the franchisee executes the Dryer Vent Addendum and satisfies its additional equipment and training requirements. OFFC may later change which approved services are required or optional.
The FDD defines the market as owners or occupiers of residential and commercial buildings. It also creates a separate National and International Account Program (“N&I Account Program”) for customers with locations in multiple geographic areas. Attachment J confirms the practical format: OXI FRESH Businesses are service-based franchises whose services are performed at the customer’s location, so the OXI FRESH Location functions as an operating base rather than a required customer-facing storefront.
Sources: 2026 FDD Item 1, pp. 1–3; Item 12, pp. 36–38; Item 16, p. 42; Attachment F; Attachment J introduction. Current customer-facing scope is also reflected on the official consumer service and commercial cleaning pages linked above.
Verified service cycle
How does a cleaning job move through the OXI FRESH Business?
The operating cycle is centrally booked but locally fulfilled. The Scheduling Center controls appointment intake and routing, while the franchisee or Operations Manager must keep local capacity current, send a trained person to the customer site, collect payment through required tools, and complete the job record so the system can report and audit the transaction.
Demand and booking
Actor: Customer and Scheduling Center.
Action: Phone or Internet demand enters the centralized booking process; the Scheduling Center records the requested service and appointment.
Required system/asset: Co-Op Line, Toll-Free Number, or Oxi Fresh Scheduling and Marketing System.
Output: A scheduled job with an approximate system quote based on room count and type.
Territory routing and capacity
Actor: Scheduling Center and franchisee/Operations Manager.
Action: Co-Op Line jobs are assigned by the caller’s ZIP code; the local operator checks the live schedule and maintains technician availability.
Required system/asset: Protected Territory rules, booking calendar, and technician schedules.
Output: A job placed on the local service calendar for field execution.
Field service
Actor: Franchisee, employee, or technician under franchisee supervision.
Action: Travel to the customer location and perform the ordered cleaning under the Licensed Methods and current Operations Manual standards.
Required system/asset: Approved cleaning machine, vacuum or service-specific equipment, cleaning agents, supplies, and any required safety items.
Output: Completed authorized cleaning work at the customer site.
Work order and payment
Actor: Franchisee or field representative.
Action: Record the job and accept credit or debit card payment when the customer chooses those methods; no added card service charge is permitted.
Required system/asset: Designated digital work-order/payment-processing supplier and PCI DSS compliance.
Output: A paid or otherwise recorded transaction tied to the job record.
Closeout, reporting, and audit trail
Actor: Franchisee or Operations Manager.
Action: Submit the information required to close every scheduled job order and maintain the accounting and operating records OFFC requires.
Required system/asset: Oxi Fresh Scheduling and Marketing System, bookkeeping records, and prescribed reports.
Output: Closed job data available for system reporting, recordkeeping, and OFFC inspection or audit.
Sources: 2026 FDD Item 6, pp. 12–13; Item 8, pp. 19–20; Item 11, pp. 23–31; Item 19, pp. 47–49; Franchise Agreement §§11.1, 16.1–16.3.
Does the owner have to work in the business every day?
No. The FDD does not require the franchisee personally to participate in direct daily operation, but it does require direct daily participation by either the franchisee or a designated Operations Manager. If the franchisee is an entity, the Operations Manager does not need an ownership interest. The FDD therefore supports manager-run operation, but not an “absentee” characterization.
Owner participation
Either the franchisee or Operations Manager must complete required training and remain directly involved in supervision and conduct of the OXI FRESH Business. Recruiting, hiring, firing, supervising, and legally training employees, independent agents, technicians, and managers remain the franchisee’s responsibility; the FDD does not prescribe a unit headcount or staffing ratio.
Technicians are a disclosed operating role: the Scheduling and Marketing System can maintain multiple technician schedules, and the Operations Manual table of contents includes hiring technicians, technician pay, dress code, field checklists, and technician training. Those manual topics show where staffing standards exist without disclosing a required number of employees.
Sources: 2026 FDD Item 15, pp. 41–42; Item 11, pp. 31–35; Franchise Agreement §11.1; Attachment I.
Responsibility map
Which systems and suppliers are mandatory, and who controls what?
OFFC controls the operating architecture more tightly than the franchisee controls the tools. The franchisee retains employment and local execution authority, but mandatory scheduling, approved-source rules, the Licensed Methods, advertising approvals, and reporting requirements constrain how work is sold and recorded. Several operational inputs also depend on affiliates or designated third parties.
OFFC controls
Licensed Methods
Prescribed procedures, policies, standards, and approved service scope.
Operations Manual
OFFC may revise it; franchisees must conform after notice.
Approved sources
OFFC sets specifications, approves suppliers, and can revoke approval.
Marketing approval
Annual plans, self-created materials, channels, and telephone-number use are controlled.
N&I Account Program
OFFC may set service, pricing, training, quality-review, and account rules.
Franchisee controls
People
Recruiting, hiring, firing, supervision, and employee/agent legal training.
Day-to-day execution
Local operating decisions remain with the franchisee subject to system standards.
Customer pricing
Prices may be set locally, subject to the Franchise Agreement and Licensed Methods.
Optional services
Tile/grout and hardwood may be elected; dryer vent requires the addendum.
Operating base
Residence or an approved commercial OXI FRESH Location, subject to applicable rules.
Third-party dependencies
BE FAST
Named FDD affiliate providing/operating the Scheduling Center and Oxi Fresh Scheduling and Marketing System.
Equipment and cleaning agents
OFFC is the sole approved supplier for those categories as of the FDD date.
Payment/work orders
A designated supplier is mandatory; the FDD does not name the current vendor.
Insurance
A designated insurance provider is generally required under Item 8.
PCI DSS
Card-data handling must comply with the then-current payment security standard.
Franchisor control
The Franchise Agreement states that OFFC owns the Business Records relating to customers and employees of the OXI FRESH Business and may access, use, transfer, or analyze them. That data-control right is separate from employment control: the franchisee remains responsible for supervising its own personnel and daily operations.
Sources: 2026 FDD Items 8, 11, 15 and 16; Franchise Agreement §§9.3, 11.1, 14.2–14.4, 15.9 and 16.1–16.3. The official franchise site describes current scheduling, software, operations-support and marketing tools; contractual requirements above follow the FDD where wording differs.
How do territory, customer, and marketing rules limit the unit?
The Protected Territory is meaningful but not exclusive. While a compliant franchisee is protected against OFFC opening or granting another same-brand OXI FRESH Business inside that area, the FDD preserves exceptions for Broad Area Marketing, referrals and unsolicited inquiries, N&I Account Program customers, temporary service coverage, alternative distribution channels, and certain commercial work.
Territory limit
Public franchise pages describe the system as using protected territories. The controlling 2026 FDD expressly says the franchisee “will not receive an exclusive territory.” Operationally, the buyer should evaluate the Protected Territory together with Broad Area Marketing and N&I Account Program rules rather than treating the boundary as absolute customer exclusivity.
Sources: 2026 FDD Item 11, pp. 27–30; Item 12, pp. 36–38; Franchise Agreement §§4.2–4.3, 13.1–13.2 and 14.4.
Item 20 footprint
What did the 2026 FDD report about the U.S. outlet mix?
Item 20 Tables No. 3 and 4 allow a U.S.-only year-end 2025 composition to be reconciled. Table No. 3 reports 454 franchised outlets systemwide, including seven in Canada, leaving 447 U.S. franchised outlets; Table No. 4 reports seven “Company-Owned” category outlets, all in U.S. states. That category includes affiliate, BEC, former-affiliate, and officer ownership rather than only OFFC ownership.
U.S. OXI FRESH outlet composition
December 31, 2025 · 454 U.S. outlets
447 · 98.46%
U.S. franchised OXI FRESH Businesses
7 · 1.54%
U.S. “Company-Owned” category as labeled by Item 20; see ownership footnote.
Interpretation: The derived U.S. year-end mix is 98.46% franchised and 1.54% in Item 20’s “Company-Owned” category; the latter consists of six Colorado outlets and one Arizona outlet.
Source: 2026 FDD Item 20, Table No. 3, pp. 53–57, and Table No. 4, p. 58. Formula: 454 systemwide franchised − 7 Canadian franchised = 447 U.S. franchised; 447 + 7 U.S. “Company-Owned” = 454 U.S. outlets; 98.46% + 1.54% = 100.00%.
What operating details should a buyer verify before relying on the model?
The FDD defines the control framework, but several current operating details sit in changeable manuals, supplier lists, or account-specific programs. Those details can materially affect how a particular Protected Territory is staffed, scheduled, equipped, marketed, and connected to third-party systems.
- Confirm the current designated digital work-order and payment-processing supplier, its mobile workflow, data-export rights, outage process, and any direct contract the franchisee must sign.
- Obtain the current approved-supplier lists and identify which equipment, cleaning agents, insurance, uniforms, print items, and optional-service inputs are sole-source, designated, approved, or freely sourced.
- Review the current Operations Manual provisions for operating days and hours, technician standards, customer complaints, redo work, field checklists, and any changes adopted after the April 2026 FDD.
- Map the exact target Protected Territory against adjacent franchisees, Broad Area Marketing areas, current N&I Account Program customers, and any temporary cross-territory service arrangements.
- Verify how Business Records move among the Oxi Fresh Scheduling and Marketing System, OFFC, BE FAST, the payment processor, and the franchisee, including practical access if a technology supplier changes.
Operating-model synthesis
Oxi Fresh’s central customer mechanism is a paid cleaning job booked into the system and fulfilled at the customer’s premises. The franchisee’s core operating responsibility is daily local execution through the owner or Operations Manager, including staffing, field quality, payment handling, and job closeout. The strongest dependency is OFFC’s requirement to use the centralized Scheduling Center together with its control over Licensed Methods, supplier approvals, advertising, and records. The key territory distinction is that a Protected Territory is not exclusive. The largest current detail to verify is the unnamed mandatory payment/work-order vendor and the latest supplier/manual requirements.
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